I love the complexity of these novels – nothing in Hunter’s novels is straightforward, and it’s an absolute joy to be swept up in these cases, trying to piece together the clues with Fawley and his team. As more information comes to light, the case becomes increasingly complicated, and for every question answered, it seems that two more are raised. This obviously prompts many questions, as well as the desperate task of tracking down the parents and any other relatives of these children. Of their parents, there is no sign, although the damage to the house is such that it will take the fire crew some time to sift through the debris to identify the cause of the blaze, and to determine if the boys were indeed home alone. It begins with a fire in which a toddler dies, his older brother surviving but left in hospital with severe injuries. Hunter writes incredibly complicated plots, and No Way Out is no exception to this. Then new evidence is discovered, and DI Fawley’s worst nightmare comes true.īecause this fire wasn’t an accident. Why were they left in the house alone? Where is their mother, and why is their father not answering his phone?

The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life. The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford. It’s one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. I loved both of these novels, but I think that No Way Out might be the best one yet! I’m a big fan of Cara Hunter’s DI Fawley series, which began with Close to Home and was followed by In the Dark.

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